5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SIMUL

SIMUL is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪməl/

Noun

An exhibition in which one (typically much stronger) player plays several games at the same time against different opponents.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SIMUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIMUL as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,783 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE BLARE TRONE PARTE RONTE TRAPE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIMUL performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,783 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIMUL ranks #1,783 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
990
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
11
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
198
180
145
137
108
102
79
71
53
48
46
40
36
33
31
29
28
26
25
25
23
23
21
19
18
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIMUL:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
BLARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

22.4% →
TRACE 6.25 bits
8.4% →
BLARE 5.18 bits
7.6% →
TRONE 5.65 bits
6.1% →
PARTE 5.41 bits
5.8% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
4.6% →
RONTE 4.72 bits
4.3% →
TRAPE 5.45 bits
3.4% →
CARNE 5.31 bits
3.0% →
TONER 4.58 bits
2.2% →
CLADE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for SIMUL; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

S1I1M3U1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.